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Every AQA A-Level Economics exam question on 4.1.1.1 Economic methodology, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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![June 2025 Paper 1, question 05: Using the data in Extract D (Figure 3), calculate the median number of storm overflow hours by water company in 2022. [2 marks] Context 2 Total for this context](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71361-jun25-c2-05-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 3, question 03: Which one of the following best describes how a social scientist would develop an economic theory? [1 mark] A Apply logic to make connections between normative](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71363-jun25-a-03-qp.webp)
![June 2025 AS Paper 1, question 29: Use Extract D to identify two significant points of comparison between the forecast price and the actual price of coffee over the period shown. [4 marks] Contex](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71351-jun25-c2-29-qp.webp)
![June 2024 AS Paper 1, question 02: Which one of the following is a normative statement? The price of petrol [1 mark] A fell in real terms last year. B is affected by supply. C is now too high. D](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71351-jun24-a-02-qp.webp)
![June 2024 AS Paper 1, question 23: Use Extract A to identify two significant features of the number of visits to the UK by overseas residents over the period shown. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71351-jun24-c1-23-qp.webp)
![June 2024 AS Paper 1, question 29: Use Extract D to identify two significant features of the number of National Health Service (NHS) sight tests in England over the period shown. [4 marks] Contex](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71351-jun24-c2-29-qp.webp)
![June 2023 AS Paper 1, question 23: Use Extract A (i) to identify two significant features of the price of Brent crude oil over the period shown. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for this context: 50 mar](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71351-jun23-c1-23-qp.webp)
![June 2023 AS Paper 1, question 29: Use Extract D (i) to identify two significant features of the worldwide sales of commercial drones over the period shown. [4 marks] Context 2 Total for this con](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71351-jun23-c2-29-qp.webp)
All 34 questions on Economic methodology, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q01 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract A (Figure 1), calculate the difference between India’s share of world exports of rice in 2010 and 2022. Give your answer to one decima
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q05 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract D (Figure 3), calculate the median number of storm overflow hours by water company in 2022. [2 marks] Context 2 Total for this context
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q03 (1 mark): Which one of the following best describes how a social scientist would develop an economic theory? [1 mark] A Apply logic to make connections between normative
- June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q22 (4 marks): Extract A shows the capital expenditure on flood defences by region in England, 2015 to 2021, split between ‘Local government levy’ and ‘Other’. Calculate the d
- June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q23 (4 marks): Use Extract A to identify two significant points of comparison between the amount of capital expenditure on flood defences that is financed by the local governm
- June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q28 (4 marks): Extract E (lines 3–4) states: ‘in 2018, this increased to 95 million, with 65% of these consumed at home. The other 35% was split 5:2 between consumption at wor
- June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q29 (4 marks): Use Extract D to identify two significant points of comparison between the forecast price and the actual price of coffee over the period shown. [4 marks] Contex
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q05 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract D (Table 2), calculate the difference between the mean percentage trade union membership in the private sector and the mean percentage
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q02 (1 mark): Which one of the following is a normative statement? The price of petrol [1 mark] A fell in real terms last year. B is affected by supply. C is now too high. D
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q22 (4 marks): Extract C (lines 4–7) states: ‘Since 2011, tourists staying in a five-star hotel in the peak season have been taxed €5 for each night. However, they are only ch
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q23 (4 marks): Use Extract A to identify two significant features of the number of visits to the UK by overseas residents over the period shown. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q28 (4 marks): Extract E (lines 2–3) states: ‘Between 2004 and 2019, the number of optometrists… in England rose from 7 734 to 14 087’. During this time, the population of Eng
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q29 (4 marks): Use Extract D to identify two significant features of the number of National Health Service (NHS) sight tests in England over the period shown. [4 marks] Contex
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q05 (2 marks): Use the data in Extract D (Figure 2) to calculate the difference between the mean and median rate of growth of working households’ real pre-tax earnings, over t
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q05 (1 mark): A government decides that visitor centres in nature reserves are merit goods and therefore increases their provision. It can be concluded that this decision [1
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q23 (4 marks): Use Extract A (i) to identify two significant features of the price of Brent crude oil over the period shown. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for this context: 50 mar
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q24 (4 marks): Use the data in Extract A (ii) to complete the pie chart to show the market shares of each of the following oil producers in 2019: Canada, OPEC, Russia, the Uni
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q29 (4 marks): Use Extract D (i) to identify two significant features of the worldwide sales of commercial drones over the period shown. [4 marks] Context 2 Total for this con
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q30 (4 marks): Use the data in Extract D (ii) to draw a bar chart to show the number of near misses between drones and planes in the UK for the years 2014, 2016 and 2018. [4 m
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q01 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract A (Figure 1), calculate the number of workers doing weekly platform work in 2019 for each worker doing monthly platform work in 2019.
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q05 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract D (Figure 3), calculate, in percentage terms, how much more expensive a basket of groceries at Waitrose was than at Lidl in April 2020
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q01 (1 mark): A positive statement [1 mark] A does not take into account irrational behaviour. B enables accurate forecasts to be made. C includes a value judgement. D may be
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q08 (1 mark): An economist puts forward a hypothesis, collects evidence to test it, and then accepts, modifies, or rejects the hypothesis. This is an example of A a positive
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q22 (4 marks): Extract C (line 11) states: ‘a bath may use 80 litres of water but a shower half as much’. If a litre of water costs 0.4p, calculate how much money would be sav
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q23 (4 marks): Use Extract A to identify two significant points of comparison between the average annual water usage of households with and without a water meter. [4 marks] Co
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q29 (4 marks): Use Extract D to identify two significant features of the affordability of alcohol index for the UK, over the period shown. [4 marks] Context 2 Total for this c
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q05 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract D (Figure 3), calculate how much a worker of Bangladeshi ethnicity earned on average in 2018, given that a White British worker earned
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q01 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract A (Figure 1) calculate the percentage of all plastics produced in the period 1950–2015 which have either been sent to landfill or inci
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q05 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract D (Figure 3), calculate how much the median care worker earns for every pound earned by the median worker in the whole economy. Give y
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q01 (1 mark): Economics is a social science because A all economic hypotheses are based on value judgements. B economic policies can only be based on positive analysis. C it
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q22 (4 marks): Use Extract A to calculate the difference in the median male and female take-up rates of concessionary travel schemes for the elderly in England for the years s
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q23 (4 marks): Use Extract A to identify two significant points of comparison between the take-up of concessionary travel schemes by males and females in England over the peri
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q28 (4 marks): Use Extract D to calculate, to one decimal place, the difference between the mean male and female rates of cigarette smoking in Great Britain for the years show
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q29 (4 marks): Use Extract D to identify two significant points of comparison between the rates of cigarette smoking of males and females in Great Britain over the period show
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